Primary Sources Of Militia Myths

Militia Myths uses a number of primary sources such as newspapers, magazines, journal articles, and transcribed speeches as well as secondary sources such as books and journal articles that dealt with the military affairs of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Canada. The sources of Militia Myths are effectively used to make a very detailed analysis of opinion surrounding the Canadian militia. The primary sources are cited directly by the book rather than solely utilizing previously done scholarly secondary analysis and summary of the primary sources listed above. Militia Myths still does cite secondary sources in its notes and bibliography as previously mentioned but they are not the sole references used which is the case in some works. In addressing any

This is the case in William Pratt's review of Militia Myths. Civilian newspapers that align with views expressed in the military periodicals are mentioned which show that it can be argued that the military periodicals were representative of overall Canadian public opinion regarding the militia.

Militia Myths has expanded the history of Canadian opinion on the citizen soldier and also the historiography of Canadian opinion on the citizen soldier. Militia Myths praises part of the previous historiography of Canadian opinion on the citizen soldier and builds upon it. As stated in Militia Myths the Armed Forces of Canada is frequently portrayed as irrelevant and inferior prior to the First World War. However the militia and defense periodicals discussed in Militia Myths demonstrate a unique military culture in Canada despite sharing similarities with the cultures of other nations such as Britain and the United States. Militia Myths praises Carman Miller's Painting the Map Red and Carl Berger's The Sense of Power for demonstrating this Canadian militarism. However neither of those works or any other works have